Left/right brain research and its implications for teachers are highlighted. The medical and psychological research in asymmetry and the related attitudinal changes towards brain functioning over the last 150 years are reviewed. Strategies teachers may apply to classroom practice are abstracted from that research. Respect for the functioning of each hemisphere and the need for the “teaming” of both are emphasized.
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